Improving integration of care

There is a national emphasis on improving the integration of health care services. An older population and more frequent chronic conditions means outmoded organisation of services must be changed. Understanding what services are needed, where they should be delivered and that are valuable to recipients is the purpose of this stream. Better co-ordination of primary care, community and hospital services is essential, as is better management of patient information. Priorities are keeping people away from acute care when they don’t need it and managing services near the end of life.

Stream Leaders

Director of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexander HospitalAssociate Professor of Medicine, The University of QueenslandAdjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Monash University

Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of PharmacyUniversity of Queensland Consultant PharmacistCamp Hill Healthcare National Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Director of the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy

Executive Director,Clinical Governance Metro South Hospital and Health Service Adjunct Associate ProfessionSchool of Public Health and Social WorkSchool of Clinical SciencesFaculty of Health Queensland University of Technology